Contemporary Women Printmakers I

I just saw a wonderful exhibit – Women’s Work: Contemporary Women Printmakers from the collection of Jordan Schnitzer and his family foundation at IDEA Space, Colorado College in Colorado Springs. The exhibit included 56 /5000 prints from the collection.

LAYERING was a common theme in many of my favorite prints in the show.

I loved […]

EcoArts, eARTh, scientists and artists…

In today’s Denver Post article, “Climage ” change gets down to eARTh, Ray Mark Rinaldi discusses EcoArts Connections, scientists and artists, left brain and right brain thinking. All are working together for the same solutions for environmental awareness. We’re not so different after all!

But what of the differing methods? The perception that scientists spend […]

Seraphine, the movie

One of my favorite past times is watching art movies and foreign films. Recently I saw a wonderful movie, Seraphine, at the local art movie theatre, Chez Artiste. This movie has won 7 French Academy Awards (Cesars) including Best Picture and Best Actress. The movie received great reviews.

Yolande Moreau is remarkably skilled at playing […]

Fox

In my last blog I mentioned that Zorro means ‘Fox’ in Spanish.

DAM (Denver Art Musuem) has an the intriguing exhibit of Sandy Skoglund’s 1989 installation … Fox Games, which has 28 gray fox in various poses in a totally red restaurant. The fox scampering over the floor, tables and chairs; even hanging off the […]

Intaglio-Type Workshop I

I just came back from a great 5 day workshop with Keith Howard where we learned many Intaglio-Type (non-toxic printmaking) methods which he has painstakingly developed over the years. The intense workshop took place at Don Messec’s studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where Don practices non-toxic printmaking to the T! Making art safely is […]

Common Box Project

The show Common Box Project opens at Abecedarian Gallery this Thursday, July 9 and runs through July 18. 60+ artists, including myself, are in the show and we’ve all done BOXES, Joseph Cornell style… in collaboration with John Common & the Blinding Flashes of Light, a Denver based musical group. John Common’s comments […]

Something Old, Earth Day!

Earth Day was celebrated recently! I was in the process of creating my new website at the time and as it unfolded, I’ve decided my image content should not only be my newest artwork, but I should include some old series as well. Old themes seem to resurface and the current dialogue today is “green”!

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